Disclosed is a graphical user interface viewable over the World Wide Web. The graphical user interface allows a user to display in report format product use/costs over selectable periods, in varying detail and in different currencies. The use of the graphical user interface results in a cost savings for both the consumer and the manufacturer. Disclosed is a graphical user interface viewable over t...

The present application is directed to pipette configurations, arrays of the same and methods for using such pipettes and arrays to accomplish electrical measurements, including whole cell and on cell measurements. In one aspect of the present invention, a pipette includes a hollow tubular section having a distal portion and a tip portion. A bubble is formed at the tip and includes an interior cha...

A digital video system includes a sample rate convertor (20) and an inverse-sample rate convertor (45). The sample rate convertor (20) converts video data from a non-orthogonal pixel domain to anorthogonal pixel domain. The inverse-sample rate convertor (45) converts the video data from the orthogonal pixel domain to the non-orthogonal pixel domain. The inverse-sample rate convertor (45) utilizes ...

An inter-vehicle distance D(n), is detected. A controller effects vehicular running control such that the vehicle follows the other vehicle while maintaining the inter-vehicle distance, D(n), at a predetermined distance. An inter-vehicle distance determinator is provided for determining whether the inter-vehicle distance detector transfers from a first state, in which the inter-vehicle distance is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control a drive properly, in a hybrid vehicle, having plural drive sources like an engine and electric motor, which can run by plural running modes by the various combination of respective drive sources. SOLUTION: This device is constituted so that an input torque estimation value is calculated by the input torque estimation means of steps SA3-SA9 and a proper calculation ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately control a change-over from stratified combustion into homogeneous combustion for ensuring negative pressure in accordance with a result of fault diagnosis which is carried out for a vacuum sensor for detecting a negative pressure in a vacuum servo within a vehicle brake device. SOLUTION: When a vehicle runs in a decelerating condition (S8) but in a no braking...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a fuel consumption performance from lowering while maintaining the negative pressure of a vacuum servo which uses as a magnifying source the suction negative pressure of an engine which can be switched over between a stratified combustion and a uniform combustion. SOLUTION: When a brake operation is performed (S2) at the time of stratified combustion (S1), it is d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the feelings of delay for the driver of an object car by providing a start control means for starting the object car in spite of a target headway distance when a preceding car starts. SOLUTION: A headway distance detecting means 21 detects the distance between the object car and the preceding car, and a target inter-car distance setting means 22 sets the target inte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To seal with high sealing strength by stably operating at a high speed. SOLUTION: In the sealing apparatus comprising an anvil block 11 on an anvil roll 1, and a sealing block 21 on the roll 2, parallel fixed main axis O and first fixed axis O1 are provided, and a first rotary axis O1 ' rotating at the axis O1 as a center is provided. Further, the roll 1 is mounted at the axi...

A transmission casing has a valve-body fixing face inside an outer peripheral face includes a control valve assembly having an outer periphery formed with two protrusions which are parallel to the valve-body fixing face of the transmission casing. Each protrusion has an extent substantially corresponding to a finger's length.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly, accurately and safely perform a re-start of a plant after stopping it by supplying the steam to a gas turbine cooling part when the steam condition achieves a level for generating a constant self-tube steam from an exhaust heat recovery boiler, and switching the operation of the normal operation when the output from the exhaust heat recovery boiler achieved a rate...

An electric torque converter mounted on a parallel hybrid vehicle employing a parallel hybrid system, using both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor for propulsion, includes an electric motor generator, and a composition-and-distribution mechanism located between the engine and a transmission for mechanically combining torque produced by the engine and torque produced by the motor ...

An electric torque converter mounted on a parallel hybrid vehicle employing a parallel hybrid system, using both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor for propulsion, includes an electric motor generator having a motor generator rotor and a motor generator stator coil, and a composition-and-distribution mechanism located between the engine and a transmission for combining torque prod...

An aluminum powder is mixed with a neutron absorber powder through cold isostatic press to form a preliminary molding. The preliminary molding is then subjected to sintering under no pressure in vacuum. After sintering, a billet is subjected to induction heating and hot extrusion to form a square pipe.

The favorable responsiveness and the stability of a vehicle is sought to be achieved even under extreme traveling conditions. A yawing moment which a vehicle is desired to produce is computed according to a dynamic state quantity of the vehicle such as the vehicle speed and the cornering force of each of the wheels, and a braking force or a traction which is applied to each of the wheels is indivi...

A method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving a sustain driving margin. In the method and apparatus, the number of sustaining pulses is set in response to an average picture level. A period of the sustaining pulse is set in proportion to said average picture level.

A tread of elastomeric material for tires, this tread being provided with a plurality of incisions, each incision of average width e being defined by facing walls, this tread being characterized in that at least one of the walls defining each incision comprises at least one first series and one second series of lines of motifs forming reliefs relative to said wall and having a maximum height measu...

The invention concerns a battery separator comprising at least one first fibrous layer, at least one second fibrous layer, and at least one microporous polymer layer which is sandwiched between at least two fibrous layers, wherein said microporous polymer layer has an average pore size of less than 1 mu m and wherein said at least one first fibrous layer has a thickness of at least 0.6 mm.

A mammographic imaging system ( 1 ) is optimizd for use with a single fixed size flat panel digital image receptor ( 5 ). It accommodates compression devices (paddles) of varying sizes, and positions them properly in the field of view of the image receptor ( 5 ). When a compression paddle ( 2 ) with size smaller than the field of view of the image receptor is used, the compression paddle ( 2 ) can...

A cross-wound bobbin rests on an upright spindle and surrenders its thread as this is drawn off horizontally to a textile machine. The thread discharges first horizontally to a pulley wheel (23) that is spring-mounted on a horizontal arm. The arm rises and falls to maintain horizontal discharge of the thread from the bobbin. The pulley wheel is maintained at all times below the highest point of t...